August 3, 2010
TAMPA - A British company plans to buy Tampa-based engineering company PBSJ Corp. in a transaction worth $280 million.
On Monday, PSBJ announced it would be acquired by WS Atkins plc for about $17.14 per stock share. PBSJ will become a U.S. subsidiary of Atkins under the direction of PBSJ Chief Executive Officer Robert Paulsen.
July 30, 2010
TAMPA - After hearing from transportation officials Thursday, the City Council backed off an effort to get money for a high-speed rail stop at Tampa International Airport.
July 15, 2010
NEW TAMPA - Opponents of a proposed bridge across Interstate 75 to connect Tampa Palms and West Meadows are seeking financial support to keep the challenge going.
July 15, 2010
NEW TAMPA - Opponents of a proposed bridge across Interstate 75 to connect Tampa Palms and West Meadows are seeking financial support to keep the challenge going.
July 1, 2010
Floridians wince at the seemingly endless sprawl of development in the Sunshine State. But regional planner and University of Pennsylvania professor Jonathan Barnett thinks Florida is well ahead of most states in smart regional planning.
June 2, 2010
TAMPA - Tampa International Airport officials will unveil the flymetampabay.com website Thursday morning that will become part of an information gathering project to build a plan to enhance international and domestic flight service.
June 1, 2010
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio stood to the side, hands clasped beneath her chin, watching as Hillsborough commissioners voted last month to put a sales tax referendum on the November ballot to help pay for light rail.
January 6, 2010
Plans to demolish the Pier in downtown St. Petersburg and replace the waterfront landmark with a new structure much closer to the shore inched closer to reality on Tuesday.
January 14, 2010
PLANT CITY - It could be days before all eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 near Plant City are open again, authorities said this morning.
January 12, 2010
WASHINGTON - A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama's first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an "urgent need to accelerate job growth."
January 13, 2010
(ASCE President Blaine Leonard's response to the above AP article)
I've been surprised at how readily people have accepted as fact the conclusions offered in a recent Associated Press news article that claims that the transportation funding in the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) failed to have an impact on unemployment. The authors seemed to have relied on information that many have pointed out is, at best, incomplete.
December 31, 2009
NORFOLK, VA - Four Hampton Roads Transit board members from three cities have asked President and CEO Michael Townes to resign or face possible dismissal over spiraling cost overruns to build Norfolk's light-rail starter line.
July 7, 2009
TAMPA - This week marks a major milestone in Florida's quest for high-speed rail.
State transportation officials will submit their first application for billions in federal stimulus money to help pay for a rail line connecting Tampa and Orlando.